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Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. US Civil War Of all the contradictions in America’s history, none surpasses its toleration first of slavery and then of segregation. – Stephen Ambrose. Triangle Trade. Europe Africa Americas. Middle Passage Video Clip. Youtube Clip. Slave Trade. When

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Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

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  1. Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade US Civil War Of all the contradictions in America’s history, none surpasses its toleration first of slavery and then of segregation. – Stephen Ambrose

  2. Triangle Trade Europe Africa Americas

  3. Middle Passage Video Clip • Youtube Clip

  4. Slave Trade • When • Between 1500 & 1807 • Why • Cheap labor source

  5. 430,000 imported to U.S.

  6. Slave Regions in Africa • Slave trade moved people along 3000 miles of Africa’s west coast to the New World • Many slaves were brought from inland areas of Africa

  7. Slave Coffle • Definition: a group of animals, prisoners, or slaves chained together in a line

  8. Middle Passage 1600’s – 1850’s • Approx. 60 forts build along the west coast of Africa. • Walked in slave caravans to the forts some 1000 miles away. • Selected by the Europeans and branded. • One half survived the death march. • Place in underground dungeons until they were boarded on ships. Cape Coast Castle, Ghana

  9. Middle Passage Statistics • 10-16 million Africans forcibly transported across the Atlantic from 1500-1900. • 2 million died during the Middle Passage (10-15%) • Another 15-30% dies during the march to the coast. • For every 100 slaves that reached the New World, another 40 died in Africa or during the Middle Passage.

  10. Middle PassageConditions on Board the Ship • Slaves chained together and crammed into spaces sometimes less than five feet high. • Slavers packed three of four hundred Africans into the ship cargo holds. • Little ventilation, human waste, horrific odors. Unclean.

  11. 1789 Slave Ship, Brooks

  12. Conditions on Board the Ship • Tight packing - belly to back, chained in twos, wrist to ankle (660+), naked. • Loose packing - shoulder to shoulder chained wrist to wrist or ankle to ankle. • Men and woman separated (men placed towards bow, women toward stern). • Fed once or twice a day and brought on deck for limited times.

  13. Middle Passage • Journey lasted 6-8 weeks. • Due to high mortality rate, cargo was insured (reimbursed for drowning accidents but not for deaths from disease of sickness) • Common to dump your cargo for sickness or food shortages. • Slave mutinies on board ships were common (1 out of every 10 voyages across the Atlantic experience a revolt). • Covert resistance (attempted suicide, jumped overboard, refusal to eat).

  14. Growth of African American Population

  15. Growth of African American Population • Early 18th Century - 36,000 per year • During 1780’s - 80,000 per year • Between 1740-1810 - 60,000 captives/year on average. • 17th Century - slave sold in the Americas for about $150 each • Slave trade illegal in Britain in 1807, US 1808, France 1831, Spain 1834. • Once declared illegal prices went much higher. 1850s prime field hand $1200 - $1500 (about $18,000 in 1997 dollars).

  16. Slave Auction, Richmond VA (1861)

  17. Old Slave Mart – Charleston SC • Part of a complex of buildings used for the sale of slaves to plantation owners all across the American South • Museum stands there today

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